Hooker Day Preparations Draw Vast Boston Crowd
Boston braces for a huge Hooker Day event with crowds swelling beyond prior patriotic parades. Veterans seek tickets at the State House, while accommodations and rates tighten citywide. old colors to be carried, and extensive decorations light up the city as soldiers arrive and medical stations are prepared for parade day.
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Hooker Day
State House
Postoffice Square
Gragg
Hooker
First
United States Artillery
Joe
Secretary of War
Guild
John H. Tiernan
A. C
U. Ss. A
Old City Hall
Pearl Street
Post Office Square
Sickles
Framingham
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Brighton
Allston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Russell
Madison Barracks
New York
South Armory
Blood
West Newton
Tremont Streets
High
Pearl Streets
Beacon
Somerset Streets
Red Cross
Spruce Street
Parade timing for Hooker Parade route to State House statue
The Postman estimated arrival times for tomorrow’s Hooker Parade starting at 11:00 AM from Park Square to the Joe Hooker statue at the State House. Actual marching time was 1 hour 25 minutes with three rests totaling 25 minutes, under rainy conditions with a strong east wind. Arrival times at key points would range from 12:00 PM on Berkeley Street to 12:50 PM at the State House.
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Park Square
Joe’’ Hooker
State House
Points of Interest for Boston Visitors Flock to Hooker Celebration
Visitors flocking to Boston for the Hooker celebration are guided to see Faneuil Hall, Christ Church, Copp's Hill burying ground, the State House, South Church, King's Chapel, Old Granary burying ground, the Common, Public Garden, Back Bay, and Boston's Park System. A half hour ride by electric brings sightseers to Harvard College and suburbs. G. A. R. veterans watch from Post Office square as Band of Dorchester under H W Sprague gives a morning concert for the veterans.
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Boston
Old Faneuil Hall
Dock Square
Adams Square
North End
Salem Street
Hull Street Hill
Copp’s Hill Burying Ground
Bunker Hill
Old State House
Washington Street
Old South Church
Milk Street
Tremont Street
Old King’s Chapel
Library
Art Museum
Trinity Church
Harvard College
Brookline
Hooker Day
Postofice Square
Post 68
Band of
Dorchester
H. W. Sprague
General Miles Reviews the Guardsmen in Framingham
General Miles led a full review of Massachusetts guardsmen in Framingham with a 15 gun salute. He inspected units, received hearty cheers from Marlboro maidens, and later greeted guests including General Sickles and various Boston and Newburyport figures.
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Miles
Massachusetts
Reber
S. A
A.A. Pope
Edward A. Glines
Charles Kenney
Mathews
Matthews
Embury P. Clark
Cohasset
Albert A. Pope
Daniel Sickles
Sickles
J. W. French
Honoree French
New York
A. B. Currier
Caleb Chase
Thomas Kiley
Josephine Barrett
Frederick McQueston
Edward Kramer
Marion Littlefield
Boston
J. H . Currier
Newburyport
Charles H. Pfaff
First Heavy Artillery
Neil FE. McPeek
Fred FE. Warren
David W. Skinner
Somerville
Closing stores on Hooker Day in Boston
Representatives of leading wholesale dry goods and seeds dealers met at the Boston Merchants' Association to vote for closing shops on Hooker Day, June 25, in line with Civil War honors and Governor Bates recommendation. Firms listed include Joseph Breck & Sons and Hopkinson & Holden, among others, and many wholesale wine and liquor dealers will close too.
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Boston
Boston Merchants’ Association
Summer Street
T. B. Fitzpatrick
John L. Bates
Joseph Breck & Sons (Corporation
Joseph F. Breck
W. W. Rawson & Co
Hopkinson & Holden
D. J. Green & Co
Hovey & Co
Schlegel & Fottier Co
Ames Plow Company
William A. Haskell, Whittier Woodenware Company
Shepard, Clark & Co
R. and J. Farquahar & Co
T. J. Gray & Co
COLORS FOR HOOKER POST PRESENTS FLAGS IN EAST BOSTON
Major Ainsley R. Hooper of the Governor's staff donated a stand of state and national colors and two guidons to Joe Hooker Command G A R Hall in East Boston. Commander Bradford Blinn accepted and thanked the donor as Mrs. A J Coleman read an original poem amid applause.
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Arlington Post
Mr. Young
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Arlington
William M. Olin
John E. Gilman
Joseph A. Conry
Advocate Keys
Albert E. Clary
J. E. Fitzgerald
Postoffice to Close Tomorrow by Order of Postmaster
Postmaster George Hibbard of the Boston postoffice orders a closure tomorrow from 10 a m to 3 p m. An effort will be made to have all mail delivered before 10 a m.
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George Hibbard
Boston Postoffice
Election board orders polling booths for parade hospitals
The Board of Election Commissioners ordered that booths be placed along Columbus Avenue near Park Square, Pembroke Street near Tremont Street, Tremont Street near Winter Street, and in Postoffice Square to serve as hospitals during the Hooker parade, pending mayoral approval.
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Board of Election Commissioners
Board of Eleection Commissioners
Columbus Avenue
Park Square
Pembroke Street
Tremont Street
Winter Street
Postoffice Square
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C. A. Hopkins
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T. B. Marr
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Hooker Post
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Surgeon Byrnes
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